§ 9-22. Reopening grave; disinterment.

(a)

Any person desiring to reopen any grave space in the cemetery to disinter or remove any body therefrom, or for any other purpose, shall first obtain a disinterment permit from the Kansas State Board of Health when required by law, and second, a disinterment permit from the cemetery sexton to be issued upon proper application and the payment of the fee. In addition, an interment must be obtained if the remains are to be placed back in another location within the cemetery.

(b)

The application for disinterment may be made by an owner of the grave space or his/her duly authorized agent or representative; or the funeral director or authorized person in charge of disinterment.

(c)

A member of the decedent's family shall sign the permit, or when there is no family, it shall be signed by the next of kin desiring to reopen the grave. The city reserves the right to require the applicant and the family members to verify their authority to disinter the remains, or to require the applicant or the family members to provide notice to other family members or next of kin; such requirements shall be in the form acceptable to the city. An order of the any court, or the judge thereof, for the exhumation of the body of a deceased person, shall be a sufficient application for a disinterment hereunder and no further application shall be required. The disinterment application must include the following information:

(1)

Description of the block, section (if any), lot and grave space;

(2)

Full name of deceased;

(3)

Date of death;

(4)

Reason for disinterment;

(5)

Date and time of disinterment;

(6)

Date, time and location of reinterment;

(7)

Type of vault or urn and urn size;

(8)

Name of firm and address;

(9)

Signature of applicant; and

(10)

Other information as may reasonably be required to permit the application to be considered and acted on.

(d)

The disinterment application shall contain a stipulation that the holder of the permit agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the city and its officers, agents and employees from any expense or liability that may be incurred in the event the disinterment proves to be unauthorized or is at an incorrect location.

(e)

Upon approval of such application, the applicant must pay a fee of $800.00 to the city prior to the disinterment. Unless prohibited by law, the fee set forth above shall be assessed to the party requesting disinterment pursuant to a court order in lieu of application. If the remains are to be reinterred in the city cemetery, the interment fee shall be paid as set forth in this chapter.

(f)

In addition to the process provided herein, the city may remove and reinter any remains if it is discovered that the remains were interred at the incorrect location.

(Ord. No. 7304, § 11, 8-1-17; Ord. No. 7396, § 3, 1-8-19; Ord. No. 7396, § 3, 1-8-19)